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you acept your friends with their warts or you don't random thoughts Send a noteboard - 18/01/2010 06:45:13 PM

So she has some religious beliefs you don't agree with if she is a friend in other regards simply stop discussing religion with her. Arguing why you don't think she should hold her beliefs would be like arguing that a Muslim should eat pork. It doesn't matter what argument you use it won't trump what her religion teaches her. Now if it is her refusing to accept you and your right to hold your own beliefs then you are better off without her.

Leave the much more touchy gay marriage argument and look at the more straightforward you cannot go to heaven argument. I can’t quote chapter and verse but the bible says straight out that acts will not get you to heaven and the only way to get there is though accepting Christ as your savior. That isn’t some crazy concept a fundamentalist church in Texas came up with by misreading a single passage, it is a basic tenant of the Christian religion. It is pretty much on par with Muslims accepting Mohamed was the prophet of god. I would have to say you judging her for that belief shows intolerance on your part not the other way around.

The gay marriage issue is much more complicated since it isn’t verbatim from the bible and it involves actually denying something from other people but it still stems form the same belief system. Do you feel so strongly about the issue that you can only be friends with people who feel the same way? There are issues I feel so strongly about that I won't be friends with people who disagree but they tend to be extreme views and not ones held by significant percentages of the population.

She is right about one thing, you have to watch out for those crazy east coast liberals. ;)
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I may have lost a friend over same sex marriage - 17/01/2010 08:03:26 AM 1745 Views
the problem with your friend is the "southern evangelical christian" part - 17/01/2010 09:07:02 AM 1070 Views
They believe gay marriage is ongoing unrepentant sin. - 17/01/2010 12:04:58 PM 1076 Views
God your a moron. - 17/01/2010 09:10:17 PM 1004 Views
be nice - 18/01/2010 06:26:58 AM 948 Views
<shrug> They can believe that all that they like - 18/01/2010 08:07:28 PM 1014 Views
And live accordingly. Just like everyone else. - 18/01/2010 11:10:51 PM 971 Views
Re: And live accordingly. Just like everyone else. - 20/01/2010 10:40:36 PM 940 Views
It is, I believe, hardest for the intelligent educated man. - 21/01/2010 10:29:39 AM 1087 Views
You can't use logic in an irrational argument. - 17/01/2010 10:12:11 AM 969 Views
LOL... *NM* - 18/01/2010 05:21:14 AM 534 Views
You and Adam are being equally unconstructive. - 18/01/2010 06:21:45 AM 862 Views
why do you imply "constructive" is in anyway the intent? *NM* - 18/01/2010 06:32:27 AM 425 Views
*shrug* I never stopped believing in lost causes? - 18/01/2010 07:36:04 AM 862 Views
Re: You can't use logic in an irrational argument. - 18/01/2010 06:28:41 AM 1067 Views
Always welcome. - 18/01/2010 07:31:27 AM 1118 Views
We finally converted you - 17/01/2010 08:43:25 PM 881 Views
Not much of a friend then. Good ridance to bad friends. *NM* - 17/01/2010 08:51:02 PM 570 Views
I agree. A friend who can't respect differences of opinion is no friend at all. *NM* - 17/01/2010 09:11:33 PM 443 Views
seriously. *NM* - 17/01/2010 10:46:17 PM 389 Views
Only because such sentiment is my pet peeve...condemning exclusivity is hypocritical. *NM* - 19/01/2010 12:37:37 AM 488 Views
yeah no kidding - 18/01/2010 06:30:45 AM 871 Views
It forces other people to accept THEIR ideology that same sex unions are legitimate. - 18/01/2010 01:49:20 AM 1116 Views
I would assume, then, that you don't support any government-mandated health care? - 18/01/2010 02:07:40 AM 875 Views
Correct - 18/01/2010 04:29:04 AM 959 Views
Although I disagree with the vast majority of your arguments, - 18/01/2010 08:50:09 AM 947 Views
Thank you. - 20/01/2010 01:47:34 AM 1124 Views
Please tell me you have a source for that quotation. Other than me. - 21/01/2010 12:31:27 PM 1006 Views
It's GK Chesterton! What the hell are you going on about? - 27/01/2010 02:41:00 AM 853 Views
Link? - 27/01/2010 09:28:22 AM 971 Views
I can't find a link to the exact quote - 27/01/2010 12:14:19 PM 1072 Views
Re: Link? - 27/01/2010 01:38:36 PM 1078 Views
Perhaps we should define our terms more precisely. - 15/02/2010 11:28:09 AM 1461 Views
we do not exist in a free market. - 18/01/2010 04:09:37 AM 851 Views
And that's bad. Since when has the correct response to oppression been "accept further oppression"? *NM* - 18/01/2010 04:30:44 AM 438 Views
I am simply pointing out your arguments do not apply to the present economic environment. - 18/01/2010 04:46:04 AM 838 Views
No I am not. - 19/01/2010 10:44:31 PM 959 Views
That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 04:19:57 AM 892 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 04:41:27 AM 932 Views
civil marriages DO have a purpose. - 18/01/2010 04:49:12 AM 888 Views
Re: civil marriages DO have a purpose. - 19/01/2010 10:47:18 PM 1011 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 07:13:54 AM 890 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 19/01/2010 10:59:45 PM 878 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 07:15:50 AM 1053 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 20/01/2010 01:38:37 AM 818 Views
Are you at all surprised? - 18/01/2010 07:59:30 AM 900 Views
A truly free country means I don't have the freedom to shoot you - 18/01/2010 05:57:44 AM 1013 Views
You really said nothing, right there. - 18/01/2010 08:34:33 AM 939 Views
I presume you are equally against the current set up - 18/01/2010 12:31:33 PM 990 Views
He said as much in his response to me above. *NM* - 18/01/2010 09:37:49 PM 372 Views
That's such an amusing argument - 18/01/2010 08:17:15 PM 862 Views
I'm against people with pasta based nicknames on fantasy forums *NM* - 19/01/2010 03:03:31 PM 386 Views
cannoli is a pastry *NM* - 19/01/2010 07:25:04 PM 374 Views
I have no problem with people with pastry based names, just pasta - 21/01/2010 12:28:44 AM 855 Views
I can't help but find it funny - 18/01/2010 12:51:57 PM 846 Views
So... - 18/01/2010 03:39:33 PM 1011 Views
I think you missed who was the one to walk out - 18/01/2010 04:11:05 PM 891 Views
you acept your friends with their warts or you don't - 18/01/2010 06:45:13 PM 986 Views
I think you missed who was the one to walk out *NM* - 18/01/2010 08:01:25 PM 331 Views
I don't think it was that clear - 18/01/2010 10:01:32 PM 914 Views
I don't think it is all that clear yet, either - 18/01/2010 10:27:54 PM 946 Views
I wasn't taking sides - 18/01/2010 10:57:39 PM 840 Views

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